[OFF TOPIC] magic library?

[Ossama Othman <othman@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu>]

Hi,

Is there such a thing as a library that would provide the functionality of
the file command?  I want to be able to determine the type of a file I
would open.  I don't want to spawn a "file" command (e.g.: via system or
exec) from my own software since that would incur some slight overhead and
since it seems like it shouldn't be necessary.

Thanks,
-Ossama

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